Gyllenhaal is a revelation once again, and the
control of his instrument is a wonderful thing to witness. The
character is unhinged, but precisely pitched. Unblinking and haunted,
one imagines a rich back story for this character. While it’s never
explicitly stated, much is suggested by Gyllenhaal’s fractured,
on-the-edge performance and the environment around him; a lifetime of
loneliness and isolation from an indifferent world that’s about to crack
and manifest itself in all kinds of ugly fissures. The harsh
fluorescent brilliance of “Nightcrawler” is just how in tune Gyllenhaal,
Gilroy and the movie are. Bloom and the movie slowly uncoil in tandem
lock and step to unveil much more than an unsocialized loner who’s
listened to too many of Tony Robbins’ motivational speeches. But
Gyllenhaal isn’t scene-chewing, and the humanity glimpsed early on is
perhaps what makes his sinister transformation so creepy."
Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy, 2014
So excited to see this movie. It seems like a very dark and twisted take on my major…
I’m
wondering if there are any people in my classes who would end up like a
character that Jake Gyllenhaal is playing (including myself)
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